Fence-post



(No Model.) I

W. D. STILLMAN.

FENGEPOST.

No. '395,800. Patented Jan; 8. 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

XVILLETT D. STILLMAN, OF MADSON, YVISCONSN.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patenta No. 395,800, dated January 8, 1889.

Application filed March 19, 1838. Serial No. 267,'760. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \\=*ILLETT D. STILLMAN, a citizenot' the United States, residing' at Madison, i u the couuty oti Daue and State ot' \\"'isconsiu, have .inveuted a new and useful Post for Fence and other Purposes, of which the following is a speeification.

My inveutiou relates to the mode of conuectiug the upper and lower portions of that class of posts which are coustructed of iron or other suitable material in two portions, the upper portion being usually a ductile tube and the lower a casting. lt also relates to the form ot the lower portion.

Ileretofore the upper portion of the post has been connected to the lower by means of riveting or screwiug them together and in other and various ways that are obj ectionable by reason ot' either expensiveness or lack ot' durability.

The object ot' my iuvention is to provide a post of such t'orni and eonstructiou as'will be mit the lower end of the upper portion of the I post to pass down around the pin or peg and inside of the cavity, the said upper portion of the post being usually a piece of wrought-iron gaspipe ot' suitable length, the upper portion or opening of said hole or cavity being large enough to permit of the said gas-pipo being driven into it, and the pin or peg being ot' such diameter as will pass into the said gaspipe. The end oi" said gas-pipe when driven into the said cavity or hole in said cast-iron base is expauded by the enlarged base of the said piu or peg until it reaches the bottom ol' the cavity, and is thereby tirmly secured to the base in aquiek and,therefore,cheap manner. The said cast-iron base is made ot' such weightaud length as may be iu proportiou to the height of the post and sutficient to sustain it, and has such 'form at the top that its crosssection presents the outliue of the letter S, the ribs running to a point in line with and below the center of the post. The said base may have its ribs so placed as to give a V shape at the top.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters ot' reference indicate like parte, Figure l is a perpeiulieular sectional View of a post e'bodyiug my iuvention. Fig. 2 is a top View of the base A. Fig. 3 is au enlarged view of the base A in Fig. 1, with the post removed.

Fig] shows the post complete, the gas-pipe B having been driven into the cavity C, Fig. 3, and its lower end eularged or expauded by the piu or pcg' l). The post when so constructcd can be driven inio the groud, and the wires orboard secured to the upper portion ot' the post by any suitable t'asteniug, usiu g' the holes drilled in the gas-pipe for that purpose and shown at E E, Fig. 1.

I lavig tully described the Construction and 'p( ration ot' my iuventiou, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

An iron fence-post cousistiug of the base A, having opposite ribs cui-veti reversely and terminating in a point, and having iu its upper end the couical-shaped cavity (J with the fixed eonical-shaped pin I) within it, iu eombination with the upright tubular post B, having its lower end expanded about the pin within the cavitv, as and for the purpose set forth.

XVILLETT D. STILLMAN.

In presence of- MILo WooDBURv, JOHN C. HALEY. 

